Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-27
MATTERS FROM MADISON.

:, MATTERS FROM MADISON.
Notes o. Miner Representative Jour.
neyinss Among Farmers. Miners and
), MIL Men.
SHERIDAN, Mont, August 22.-[special
correspond nee Of The Miner.ILeaving
nuete and passing on the dividing line Of
.ne continent to the east side. We reached
one Haif Way House in time for dinner. +.
y. MCCALL, the proprietor OF this hosiery,
ls prepared at all times to receive company
anu entertain them. and from the delega-
"on OF Madison County men who were con-
gregated there at the time OF my visit, I
should think he was in q favored location
Ior business; also in the center of the Pine.
stone mining district. From remarks made
! came to the conclusion that the deleea-
ton had
POOLS ON hi WRONG HORSE
at the Butte races. However, they bore
their losses in good humor and with the
nonchalance of old horse racers. Preached
George Brufy's place at 4 in the afternoon
and intended to visit some of our
patrons on the other side of the
Jefferson River, but on driv -ng down
was just in time to see a band Of horses
break the bridge down by too many crowd
ing on one bent, SO l was compelled to re-
turn to Bruffy's and stop for the night. |
Jenerson Valley at this time in the season
is one OF the garden spots of the country, |
and everybody is busy making hay while /
the sun Shines" Four miles above Bruffy's |
in the old town of Silver Star, this place
discovered there some years ago but
whether through mismanagement or
what l know that at present there is moth
ing to speak of being done here. Only one
mine is being opera ted and q few Italians |
have a lease on it and are taking out some
pretty fair ore. As
L III MILLS HAVE BEEN
this will have TO be- shipped elsewhere for
reduction. J. F. Duller still keeps the
hotel, W. w Mccall, the butcher shop and
Henry Bumby and Geo. Blackman have
stocks of merchandise here, but their
trade is OF course mostly with the farmers
of Jefferson Valley and the miners of the
Iron Rod district, as this is only three
miles distant up the river. The Old Iron
Rod mine is looking better than ever on
the 500 foot level. This property, owned
by Messrs. Dal,ler, Largey & Porter, is one
OF the steadit st producers in the country
and has been operated constantly for
o twenty years. They were only
operating ten stamps at the time of my
visit on account OF their wheel being badly
worn, but have shipped a new one and
when it arrives will run the plant TO it's full
capacity. Messrs. Want & Co., were run
ming the Hell's Canyon mill on ore from
the Clipper mine. This mine is located in
the Iron Rod district, one-half of a mile
north of the Old Iron Rod mine, and the
ore they were working runs from $35 to
$50. Crossing the river at Iron Rod,
seven miles up Coal Canyon, Hank Whit
more and partner have q nice little pros
pect of
RI MILLING COLI ORE
and about eighteen inches in width. They
are down on this 14O feet and have
erected a 5-stamp mill on it. 1t is run by
power and runs from $40 to SIS per
ton Inc in places considerably higher.
Their water supply was a little sort
no difficulty in securing enough to
keep their mill running through the season
and are in good spirits over their future
prospects. Further up, two miles below
Twin Bridges, is Armstrong; breeding farm.
Here are thoroughbreds OF all ages, colors
and sizes. Mr.. Armstrong intends. to
double the capacity of his stables this fall
and as he never does anything by balves
viii no doubt erect a structure that will be
both ornamental and useful. |.
TWIN BRIDGES
is in it's normal quiet condition and with
the one exception that nearly all her bust
ness men ave changed since I last visited
used to be managed by Frank
r. L. Smith & Co., Of Virginia City; Mr..
old store is occupied
by Lott Bros. who have the postoffice;
the saloon of Geo. Pitcher is now
next door to E. L. Smiths store. One thing
the ordinary everyday citizen of Twin
dotes on is a horse race, and that
they will have. On Saturday the goth
they had a one fourth mile dash between
a buckskin mare owned by Banta, OF
owned by Weitzel & Neihart, Of
South Boulder; stakes, 1915 aside, be-
divers and numerous bronchos
owners on the result OF the race,
which WIS wou by the bay mare by ten
feet in twenty-five seconds. The same race
is matches over to be run at Three Forks
September 10th, for the same amount
money, and will no doubt attract quite
a delegation of visitors to that rural vii
lage at the lower end of the valley.
SHERIDAN
is our next point of interest here. Quite a
change is evident. owing to the activity in
the mines near by, the most prominent OF
which is the Noble mine, on the right hand
fork of Wisconsin Creek. This mine was
owned by the Noble family and operated in
a crude manner for the last sixteen or eigh
teen years, and was, to a greater or less ex-
tent. profitable. This was sold to a COM
PAW of gentlemen from st. Louis during
the past winter. and they are now taking
vigorous steps to systematically open the
and place it among our dividend
paving properties. They have secured the
services of an experienced superintendent,
Mr.. c. s. Batterman. formerly OF the Head
Center mine of Arizona. His years of expe-
rience there will no doubt be to his and
their advantage in opening the Noble mine.
I found on visiting the mine in person that
Mr.. and Mrs. Batterman and Mr.. Dunsher,
the assayer, were all old California friends OF
mine, thus killing two birds with tbesame
Boulder visiting friends and increasing
THE MINER circulation at the same time.
On the IoIC mana 1OFk vi SSOub'H NASSA
McBraun, formerly one of our Butte
townsmen, has the neatest little five-stamp
plant that is in Montana, or in fact. don't
except any country. He has a miners
Turbine wheel for power, sixty loot TALL,
plenty OF water, and when l was there was
dropping his 800 pound sta mps 100 to the
minute. With great regularity his o'e
runs from sig to $50 per ton. and he mas
a nice comfortable
MONEY MAKING MACHINE.
and is free from all the dizzv temptations
OF the wickedest city on earth, as Eli Per-
kins has placed Butte on that list.
Leaving Wisconsin Creek and coming back
to Sheridan on Mill Creek, Mr.. Cisler has a
property called the Bullion, that. when he
gets it drained, will he a profitable prop
ertv to work. Ten miles up Mill Creek
Messrs. Hall Bros. & Jones have q very
fine property called the Basin Lead. They
have two feet of pay ore; twenty-seven toos
worked in an arastra Melted them ~
IT,, W., a the vicinity of Sheridan Is